Most reporting systems are built incrementally. It starts with a team that tries to implement something simple that fits the size and shape of the business at the time. But then the business changes… faster than the system does.
Each September, finance teams across the world find themselves wrestling with the same question: how on earth do you plan for a year that refuses to sit still?
We see this all the time. The monthly reports still go out, and the numbers still tie, but behind the scenes, things are getting harder. Slower. Riskier. If that sounds familiar, it might be time to ask a harder question: is your reporting setup actually built to scale? Or is it just coping for now? Here are five signs that the system you’ve outgrown is the one you’re still depending on.
